The east road up Palomar Mountain from Lake Henshaw passes through a large grassy valley, ... Dyche Valley, which is named after George Dyche who lived there from 1869 to 1892. Previously Dyche had lived at the rincon of Warners Ranch, working for John Rains of Rancho Cucamonga, who ran cattle at Warners Ranch. After Rains' murder, Dyche purchased Joseph Smith's land on Palomar after Smith's murder (and participated in the lynching of Smith's murderer). Dyche homesteaded and purchased more land on Palomar to add to his holdings. George and his wife Mary had four children, and were well known locally. In 1892, Dyche and family moved off Palomar to nearby Mesa Grande.

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